Eid-el-fitri: Jigawa donates cows, rams to prison inmates, warders

THE Jigawa State government has donated cows and rams to all prison inmates across the state to celebrate Eid-el-fitir.

This was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen by the Chief Press Secretary to the state acting governor, Alhaji Ahmed Haruna, in Dutse, the state capital

The statement stated that five cows and 15 rams are for inmates, while two cows and two rams are to be shared by the prisons personnel.

Presenting the cows on behalf of the state government, the staff officer in the deputy governor’s office, Malam Nura Ringim, said the gesture is to help the inmates have a sense of celebration.

Responding while receiving the gifts, the state comptroller of prisons, Malam Magaji Ahmad, thanked the state government for the gesture, noting that this was the first time such gesture is being extended to the prison communities.